Love seeing someone from another country discover our music for the 1st time. Even though this is almost 50 years old. Nothing beats our Southern rock. Keep on keeping on.
OMG! You did the whole album! I was a teenager when I bought this amazing live experience of music. Commented before I listened. Because I know what’s coming. Thanks!
Your reaction to this now is what mine was many, many years ago. The greatest album of all time IMHO. To me In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed seals the deal. I read a review of Elizabeth Reed once where the reviewer's comment was "Not one wasted note." He nailed it. As to where to go next album wise I would love to see your reaction to Layla (And Other Assorted Love Songs) by Derek and the Dominos. Not a southern rock album but Duane's guest playing on the album compliments Eric Clapton's wonderfully. If you do not know the history of the Layla album research it. Quite interesting.
Elizabeth Reed Napier was a southern belle who resided in Macon, Georgia. She married Briggs Hopson Napier who was a captain in the Conferderate Army. They had 12 children. She was born November 9th 1845 and died May 3rd 1935. What is the connection? There isn't any. Dickie Betts who wrote the song at Rose Hill Cemetary often hung out there for some peace and solitude. He came upon her grave and decided to name his song after her.
Greatest. Live. Album. Ever. While the two guitarists and vocalist get most of the love, IMHO the ABB sound is centered in the rhythm section. Rock steady yet nimble, the throb and rumble propel the band and give the soloists plenty of support to do their thing.
To be there, to hear some of those songs in all their glory would give you an even greater understanding of its greatness. I was there with some friends. They did four shows on the last weekend of March, 1971. We had heard a few of the more popular of the lineup's songs-Statesboro Blues, Stormy Monday, Whipping Post. But almost nobody that I knew had ever heard the Allman Brothers live. So to hear these songs live was an experience none of us could have predicted. It was beyond powerful. A lot of it had to do with the combination of Gregg's writing and vocals plus the extraordinary individual and combined musicianship of the band members. Add to that the power and rhythm of songs like Statesboro Blues, You Dont Love Me, Whipping Post, and especially the song nobody knew at all but just knocked our socks off--I Musta Did Somebody Wrong-we left the Fillmore East exhausted but soooo satisfied. I'm 76 and been to a few hundred concerts, but none I enjoyed or appreciated more. AND, I got to hear Duane Allman live. He died about 6 months later. Two drummers, two lead guitarists. I don't think we'll see that again. Now that I've said that, it's probably already been done. A great memory.
YOU ARE PRICELESS SIR..LOVE YOUR REACTIONS...I'M 62 AND HAVE LISTENED TO THIS ALBUM 100'S OF TIMES SINCE I FIRST BOUGHT IT IN 1971 AND I STILL GROOVE ON IT ..NEVER GETS OLD,,BRAVO MATE..
I was an innocent youngster of 17, until 1971! Then the Allman Brothers came along! Sorry you heard it in the jungles my friend. Hope they brought you some great distractions! And, thank you.
I was baptized into manhood by this album, when it first came out...I used to wonder if future generations would come to appreciate just how rare this album really is...I'm 63 now, and I have my answer, all these years later..Thank you, my friend..I mentally noted from past reactions, that you were a person blessed with the "Golden Ear"...Meaning you have a deep understanding of what good music is....A snippet of info taken from wiki: //At Fillmore East was recorded over two nights - March 12 and 13, 1971 - for which the BAND was paid $1,250 each show. The shows were typical performances for the band, and regarded as slightly above average by drummer Jai Johanny Johanson. Ads for the shows read: "Bill Graham Presents in New York - Johnny Winter And, Elvin Bishop Group, Extra Added Attraction: Allman Brothers." While Winter was billed as headliner, by the third night the Allman Brothers were closing the show//...That should explain the modest applause with the simple intro. They were virtual unknowns at the time......Thanks for the post!
"Live at Fillmore East", in my humble opinion, has never been equaled, either as a live album, or as THE Southern Rock album. There are other good live albums, of course ... Peter Frampton and Deep Purple come immediately to mind, but as good as they were, this is simply the best.
My top three all-time live albums are Fillmore East (Allman Bros), Yessongs (Yes) & Seconds Out (Genesis). Sometimes the order changes depending on my mood, but if you had to pin me down to just one favorite, I'd have to go with. Would be a masterpiece if it was released today.
Hey! I agree! And i agree the only other live performances though not the complex southern jazz/blues/rock of the allman bros were frampton and deep purple! But i also include "one from theroad" Its like you reached into my mind! 👍
I'm 65 and from New Orleans, La. Back in the day we had a venue called the "Warehouse" where all the greats played from Pink Floyd to The Police, but the Allman Bros played there so often they were considered the house band. Those were the good old days when you were up close and in proximity to all who performed unlike the security laden venues today. Here is a 14 minute clip/link if you have any interest in learning of that venue: ruclips.net/video/1z3XBNKRajg/видео.html . Hope you check it out for yourself.
"Where do we go from here?" If you're stickin' with the Allmans then "Eat a Peach" but if you're lookin' for epic live southern rock albums then "One More From The Road" by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Just to kind of answer your question as to if all of the music was played as written. Back then, a lot of groups would stretch their wings, so to speak, and just “jam” especially in concert. From guitar solos to the requisite15 minute drum solo. (Yes, really). That was their chance to not be restricted by the time constraints of recording an album and show how accomplished they were. Video wasn’t as prevalent as it is now. People would question and say “is that for real, is that them playing all of that?” ABB were the ultimate jam band and it was glorious. Never a question about them. Duane was a genius. Dickey Betts is still a genius. Just my opinion and experience.
The band was post. 45's in the new era of 331/3 albums or double albums.this gave bands who could jam from rock to blues into a jazz style with the electric guitar rather than horns being at the front (fronting the band) with the base and percussion influence.this a new approach to american jazz.hey who opens up a set with two instrumentals? THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND.
Yeah, kinda like the old days, collectively sitting around with a bunch of friends, leisurely drinking an adult beverage, puff puff passing, and listening to ABB! ✌🏻❤🎶😷
My dad was at these shows. He saw a lot of stuff at the Fillmore East, saw Cream on the Wheels of Fire tour (they recorded the album at Filmore West that same tour.) Saw CCR, Jefferson Airplane and just a bunch of rock and blues acts. He has some very interesting stories about the Airplane/Hot Tuna show. This is just a great album, glad you enjoyed it!
Hearing this album over and over again for 50 years, the Duane solo that really buckles my knees is his last solo in You Dont Love Me at 38:16 thru his Joy to the World lick and then into the ending of the song. Still my all time favorite Duane.
One of my favourite live albums EVER!! You seem to like blues and rock so I'll give you a tip,"Get yer ya-ya's out" A great live album by Rolling Stones, when they were at their peak,imho. btw love your reactions to all this classic rock,it warms an old farts heart.
I get such a joyful KICK out of watching you experience this music. I’ve never seen someone hear it for the first time. Every note, every word is etched in my memory and heart since I was 12(?) I LOVE that you appreciate it and KNOW it is superior. I always exposed my daughter (28,) to good music, because it is important to have music knowledge, but also because I feel so badly for the assembled CRAP that she was served by the industry. Real music must be PLAYED and not synthetically ASSEMBLED. This has been brilliant. Just watching your good ole’ head bobble is a treat!!! 👍🏼❤️
Came across your took me back to that same concert and this was awesome and that was an awesome concert you made a 67 year old hippie feel like she was back in the day God bless you I needed that
I am so happy for you! Growing up in Michigan, back as a youth, San Francisco was of course the mecca...I was but a young teenager. Finally got there at at 55 with my best friend from those days. We cut our rock and roll teeth on these guys, Motown, Bob Seger, Grand Funk Railroad..nether of us drank or partook of herb any more, so I memorialized the occasion with a ☯️ tattoo in Haight Ashbury...Looking back, it probably was a good thing I never made it there earlier! Anyway, she was picking up a Dolphin Motor home in Chico. We flew from Michigan, to SF, stayed with friends who took us for breakfast in the Castro, toured the Coit Tower, and dinner in Sausalito. Watched the Tai Chi exercises in the park across from the Painted Ladies..We then took the Amtrak from Oakland to Chico, had the motor home checked out good and minor repairs done it and headed out on our cruise home! Into the No Bra Zone...gambled a bit (I won 600 the first night!), my friend went bust on her allowance for the night, so she vowed not to stop in Reno...20 miles east of there, a tire blew and we had a great ride into Reno in a tow truck with a very cute young man. We're secretly giving each other the eye over him, kiddingly. He came and picked us up and took us to the shop after repairs were done a day later from the casino we stayed at...she ordered room service for dinner, still pissed at herself for losing...but good natured about it nonetheless.We joked that he might have flirted with her to steal my $$, (Thelma & Louise bit there) Anyway, we outfitted the motor home at a mall in Reno, bedding, dishes, a fan for the front, etc, and set off home on a full moon journey home under desert skies until we found the next campground...or hotel! My father died 4 days after i got home. Yin yang world, but this music still gives me comfort! Hope your life's full of great memories and stories of joy!
Not just the slide, Eric. He was a master of standard guitar. On Fillmore East alone he only plays slide on Statesboro Blues and Done Somebody Wrong. Stormy Monday, You Don't Love Me, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed, Hot 'Lanta, and Whipping Post, the only other songs are all standard. Expanded editions have put Trouble No More, Don't Keep Me Wonderin', One Way Out (from 6/27/71 at Fillmore East, not the March shows), and Mountain Jam and Drunken Hearted Boy out there, and those have Duane playing slide. But most of the time he wasn't playing slide, he was playing blistering leads as amazing as any ever played. I agree his slide work was magical, I just think he gets pigeonholed as a brilliant slide player, to the detriment of his standard playing that was every bit the equal or better of Hendrix, Clapton, Beck, Page, McLaughlin, Garcia, Zappa, or Betts. Let's not forget the fact that he was the first session guitarist who was signed as an artist without a band after inviting himself to play on a song Wilson Pickett didn't intend to record. A magician then, a magician now, a magician for all times, his music seems all the more brilliant the more the Steve Morses, Jimmy Herrings, and Derek Trucks' of the world illuminate it by expanding upon the magnificent foundation he built in those three years from Hey Jude in November 1968 to his untimely death at 24 in October 1971.
My Brother, I enjoyed watching your Reaction to the music that I grew up with. Remember this is LIVE, no overdubs, just raw pure music! It touches you. The time this album (ok boomer) came out, I bought three albums. This one; Steve Miller, Rock Love, and ZZ top Tres' Hombres. Check them out. Steve Miller Rock love is a one of a kind album. One side is Studio, the other Live. Subbed Ya, Peace
Don't forget Derek & The Dominos - Layla. Eric Clapton & Duane Allman, burning like a shooting star thru the air ! The two greatest living guitarists together for the one and only time. It's really breath-taking in it's majesty.
Duane and Eric along with Greg also played together with Delaney & Bonnie with some Dave Mason added too! Derek and the Dominoes was a 'mutant offspring' of Delaney & Bonnie. Not sure because they, Delaney & Bonnie had so many 'Friends" there may have been sessions or gigs with Eric, Duane, and George Harrison or even Jimmi. Hendrix. There were always different mixes. One night you had George Harrison with Leon Russell and Derek and the Dominos among other "Friends" playing Madison Square Garden, Concert for Bengildish and Delaney & Bonnie with Duane & Greg with King Curtis playing A&R Radio live.
@@martyjansing2675 Leon Russel had one amazing voice! I so remember Delaney, Bonnie and Friends! I was probably only about 14, but my best friend Jenny and I were listening to this back in the day, on the heels of growing up in Michigan, home of Motown, Bob Seeger, Grand Funk Railroad, in that order for me..Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen was killer. All those guys shaped my youth! Thanks for some great memories! ✌🏻❤🎶
There is another song done at this concert that was cut and put on the " Eat A Peavh " album. The track named " Mountajn Jam " and the start of the track begins at the fade out after " In Memory of Elizabeth Reed " pn the Live at the Fillmore East album. Don't forget to ;look up the album " Duane Allman An Anthology " for an expansion of his versatility; he even sings on one of the tracks.
welcome to what I consider and many do also the greatest live album ever to this day. from the production of the legendary Tom Dowd to just the rawness of it almost feels like you were there in New York City that night wasted and rocking. which is why so many people a lot older than us over the last 50 years still continue to listen to this album on a regular basis it's just one of those weather in the car you're at home here in a BBQ it is just amazing.. you're in Australia I believe? hope you're doing all right with the fires that shit is scary when I seen right now I just don't know which part of Australia it is..prayers up for the country though because those fires are about as scary as the California wildfires a few years ago
They pick you up and take you for a ride, don't they. Imagine it's circa 1969 and your 14 already a seasoned concert rat in Sarasota and these guys show up out of nowhere changing your musical taste forever. I got all my female lessons in life from the Allman Brothers.
Pat Murray......you're dead on for my money! Feat's "Waiting for Columbus" is a BEAST of an album too! If that shit don't make you move, you're broke! I'll throw The Grateful Dead's "Europe 72" up there, then I'll quit listing live albums (which is a lost art, seemingly, these days!)
@@murraypft We're everywhere! (DeadHeads, that is) I got two doses of Lowell Feat and 3 post Lowell. Such a great band! What a string of great albums from them.....Little Feat, Sailing Shoes, Dixie Chicken, Time Loves a Hero, Down on the Farm, etc. Love me some Feat! But this ABB music is still at the root of my musical heart!
@@tommathews3964 I remember seeing an article in, I think, the 80s on how not to get pulled over by the cops. In the top 5 was NOT having a Dead sticker on your bumper. 😂🤣
The Allman Brothers set the bar so high that the other so - called southern rock bands can not reach their level of genius.Lynerd Skynerd, really? Gregg, Duane, Dicky, Butch, Jai-mo,and Berry. I Think about them every time I drive through Macon.The Allman Brothers will live in our hearts forever.
Seen them twice. The first time I saw them was in the University of Vermont gymnasium ('94), 2000 people (packed). We were 4 friends including my future wife of 22yrs. Dickie Betts was playing with them and part of the show was solely acoustic, 3 guitarists sitting on chairs and singing Sweet Melissa. We started the concert at the very last row, our backs were literally up against the wall , Ha! My wife and I made it to the 6th row for the last few songs. The music coming out of the giant speakers to the right were so loud you literally couldn't think. Been to many concerts , this is still my all time favorite. Many thanks to one of the top 3 greatest groups of all time! RIP Greg and Duane!
That's music History right there. When Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker ended the Band "Cream," Clapton considered "God" as far as Rock guitarists were concerned(along with a guy named Jimi Hendrix) had heard of this "little Blues Band" from the southern US, and a young excellent slide guitarist named Duane Allman (21yrs old) Clapton asked if he could come over to their place and jam with them (Allman Bros.) Clapton stayed about a week, and was Blown away, especially by Duane's guitar playing, although he loved the whole Band as well as Greg's soulful vocals. Later when Clapton formed his new Band "Derrick and The Dominoes", he asked Duane to join them in the recording of the classic song Layla. The rest is history. Tragically, it wasn't too long after that Duane was killed in a motorcycle accident, getting hit by a peach truck on his Harley Davidson. The name of the next album was "Eat a Peach," in tribute to Duane. That's the short version, but you can find a full documentary of the Allman Bros. Band somewhere on the internet. Such great musicians, and good down to earth folks. LIke with Lynard Skynard's plane crash, tragedy seems to follow these southern rock Bands. At least it seems that way.
Saw your reaction to Dickey Betts (Jessica). It was priceless. I've been watching you for a little while and your reaction is why I follow you. Genuine. Your face shows your true emotions. Your eye movement show you are truly engaged. And when you cup your hands over your headphones to press them closer to your ears so you can hear every note and nuance...epic.
No matter what, no matter where - The Allman Brothers are my go to music. Talent everywhere. Greg, Duane and Dickie are fantastic but do't forget Barry, Jaimoe and Butch! They were the pulse underneath, coursing through all of those tracks. Mountain Jam REALLY showcases the talent across the spectrum of this band. 30+ minutes of just beautiful synergy...true magic and all held together and merged by that fantastic trio of rhythm specialists.
Just had to add, Pat you’re gonna be speechless when commenting on this one Each member, perfection in their contributions. Greg’s voice is just intoxicating. All I can add is that it makes me so sad they’re gone Just have to listen again and watch folks like you discover their musical brilliance. Their music just scratches that itch. Just perfect…
I still remember in Sarasota when I saw them in 1969, Barry sang his song, "the Hoochie Coochie Man". I'm watching this skinny guy that looked like Jesus with that big bass guitar step up to the mic. Wow. What a song that was.
I suppose it's hard to analyze that which is self apparent without being redundant. Thanks for interrupting as little as possible! :-) 'First time for me hearing this particular concert. Awesome!
Oh, you're in now, bro! You will never be the same again, in a good way! If I can take only one album to heaven with me, this is it! I've just watched you finish "Statesboro Blues" and see you tearing into "Done Somebody Wrong" and I'm thinking......"he ain't gonna make it!" No smoke and mirrors, fancy light shows, fireworks, demons or wizards, just hot damn straight ass playing!! That's how they were for the whole ride! The last lineup, which retired in 14, is the best since the original for my money, guitarists Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks bring a lot of fire and Oteil Burbridge on bass is a beast! Lots of quite good live You Tube footage of them playing a lot of the old standards, plus later material. Their last studio album was quite good too, I thought, "Hittin' the Note"
I’m 47 years old and I’ve seen and witnessed music go in so many different directions. Live at the Fillmore is absolutely timeless and will always will be
It is a very jazz approach. You start with a basic song structure, but then everybody improvises, listens to what's happening and responds in the moment. It can go anywhere. This is probably the exact opposite of current music. You can't do this with a computer. You can't use prerecorded backing tracks. The whole band is a living organism, moving where it's going to move based on the combined input of each player. That kind of jamming is the ultimate high as a musician. Keeping it interesting for the audience is the hard part. They were very good at it. Constantly coming up with new hooks in melody, groove and dynamics.
The band never played songs the same way twice. The songs had a certain structure to them and because they played so much together they would have specific cues they would interject so the rest of the band could go the same way as the soloist. Some cues were so subtle that some listeners wouldn't pick up on the change about to come. Great musicians are able to do this on a nightly basis. Their solos were never the same. Improvised every time. Amazing album.
Great album. What kills me is that guitar poser Pat Travers mocked "Statesboro Blues," calling it "smacked out." Clown claimed that his band played this song much better than the Allmans did! What a jerk.
Love that you have found the Allman Bros and real southern rock.Now get ya some Lynyrd Skynyrd (first time try Free Bird live) and if you want current go see /here now try Blackberry Smoke.
The ABB was a jam band. The studio albums were only samplers of what to expect seeing them live. Imagine standing about five feet from the stage and less than fifteen feet from Gregg, Duane, and Dickie. Then imagine them coming back onstage after their set with Peter Green and jamming till almost dawn. That was my one and only experience seeing them live. Still to this day, that was the most memorable concert of my life.
He had that voice at the age of 21. I heard it ( I was 24. I'm 76 now ) Live at the Fillmore East, March 13, 1971 at the evening show. I heard it on Statesboro Blues, Stormy Monday and especially Whipping Post. I read a comment once I totally agreed with: "Gregg Allman has a 65 year old voice in a 24 year old body."
Great songs on this album, and everybody gets worked up over Whipping Post, but my favorite here is You Don't Love Me. I think this is one of the hardest driving songs yet conceived. At almost twenty minutes it is nearly twice as long as Whipping Post, but the guitars are impeccable. The pace slows just enough at the top of the hills to let you catch your breath then barrells back down them as Duane and Dickie's guitar train becomes an unstoppable force. Also notable is Thom Doucette's harmonica solo. My choice masterpiece on this album. PS: Duane shreds this one! Butch and Jaimoe keep the wheels rolling with some bad ass drumming while Barry's bass is the shadow outside the window all along the way. Hot 'Lanta is the most impressive piece of jazz improv I have heard on a rock album. This whole album is insanely good, hard rocking, and unparalleled during rock's golden age.
YES! DRIVING THAT BEAT!!!! Duane guitar God! Southern Rock at the highest level! LORD HAVE MERCY! I have so many memories! Brought me back to life, don't know if I can stand it! Haven't heard this in so many years, the adrenaline going through my body has me wanting to holler( and other things!) I'm almost 63 & got a bad back soooo... I'm trying to settle down some! Might kill me or make me live to 100! 😆🎶🎶🎧🎵🎵💓💓💓💓🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🤯
@@ronnybriley9774 Yup. I saw them thirty six times. About twenty five, or so with Warren leading the group. They never failed to set the room on fire. Same can be said for Warren in Govt Mule.
@@ronnybriley9774 I wish could have seen them another 36 times. They were the best! My Mule total is only five times, in two states (California and Florida.) I also caught Warren once with The Dead. I consider myself blessed whenever I'm in the same house with Warren Haynes.
You should have seen them as a true jam band, playing in a little club in Jacksonville Florida, called the Comic Book club. LONG before this. Long before the big house in Macon. Truly in the beginning
SEE!! WE TOLD YOU!! They have a line-up for the night but which songs are jammed on changes every night. How they play the song, the songs have a basic melody that they play, but then if either Dickie or Duane feels a jam coming on they just follow as best they can.Like this song Elizabeth Reed you can tell they set the song out for you. Then after they play it one time through, they take off. The jam can be 1-3 or4 minutes. Or they can take it out to the limits like they do with Whippin' Post. They are pretty equal when it comes to solo time. Any way they play it they are all consumate musicians. You will get used to picking out who is playing which guitar solo. Duane plays like the little kid who presses his face against glass as if he is trying to push it through the glass. Duane plays against some invisible barrier like he is constantly trying to push through it. He drives the section he plays in like he is trying to catch up to something, there is no rest it is relentless. Dickie is a little more laid back. He is no less a guitar player it is just styles. If you happened to notice they went right into their next song which was Mountain Jam it is based on the Donovan song First There Is A Mountain Then There Is No Mountain Then There Is. How they play from night to night changes. They did not like monotony any more than we do. Next, Eat A Peach it is another double album the first part is the finish of the concert from where album one ended. The rest of the album was put together after Duane died. Some of it was tracks he had laid down earlier. After that I didn't really listen to them until Derek Trucks joined the band and then Warren Haynes from Government Mule came on. I felt that the true spirit of the band came back after that. That band put out a live double album in 2004 or 05. They did a few live albums in between that are very listenable. But for me TAAB died with Duane, then surged back to life in 2004 and on. I didn't mean to write a book but since they are my favorite band of forever, I sometimes get expansive. Welcome to the club. Doesn't an hour and a half go by quickly listening to them? They were famous for long shows, sometimes to two and a half hours. Thank you for this I know you took a chance, but now you know!
They played with a certain structure, but were able to jam in a thousand different ways to the same song on different occasions. Great Bands can do that.
As far as the improvising they never do the same show. Saw an interview with Gregg and he was talking about how some people think they are a jam band...he didn't like that. He did say that they didn't always know how long songs would go every night but they always had markers. Places in any solo or to signal the change coming up. They all had definitely mastered their craft. Only 2 of the original 6 are still alive.
What some people don’t realize is that three songs were played for the encore that lasted over an hour. First wast You Don’t Love Me into Whipping Post and right into a 33 min Mountain Jam that ended up on EatAPeach
Southern USA to the core and I was privileged to see them 5 times. I’m 78 now and they were in the top of my list then and they still are on top. I have them in my CD in my car along with Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Doobie Bros and Carlos Santana. All that still fries my brain.
This album sets the bar very, very high when it comes to live musicians doing their thing. Glad you did this. You are no longer a novice! Greetings from snow covered Michigan, US.
Also, what to do next? The Tedeschi Trucks Band ....try “Anyhow” Note: Derek Trucks is the nephew of Butch Trucks, one of the two drummers (Jaimoe is the drummer, as well...) of the Allmans. Derek started guest-playing with the Allmans when he was little. Susan Tedeschi is a guitarist in her own right, and has the kind of singing voice that the rest of us can only dream of having. I think of it as TTB is a second or third generation Allmans Band. 11 or more amazing, tight musicians. You won’t look back. ❤️
This one has been Desert Island Pick #1 for me for the last 45 years, or so. You may as well go ahead and do "Eat A Peach" next. Love to see your reaction to "Mountain Jam".
BTW, the harmonica solo on "Stormy Monday" wasn't on the original lp release and was added later for the "Fillmore Sessions" release. The tune was better off without it.
plus you got to remember one way out and Mountain Jam were from the Fillmore concert anyway..if you listen very closely you can hear the Mountain Jam beginning out of 22 minutes of whipping post so you throw that 35 minutes in that's an hour for 2 songs. they just didn't want to add another album because of the length so that's the reason why it's a to record set another three or four recordset like Chicago at Carnegie Hall would end up being..because you can also on CD pick up the deluxe edition they call it of the Fillmore concerts which has all the stuff that went on that didn't make the original album I'm glad to have that 2Cd set
DUDE!!... sitting in a well- lighted room AIN'T the way to go!! Darken the room, put up some 'black light' posters ( then turn on the black light of course ), a lava lamp on the shelf behind you, light some incense ( patchouli is my personal fave! ), your favorite tasty beverage, & of course, a big, fat blunt... we won't tell!!
There is a video of this concert available. Once you've done this reaction , catch the live show. There is no way you can appreciate this concert without the visuals. Imagine only hearing Stevie Ray Vaughan without the visual impact. Do YOURSELF a favor , find it.Watch it.
That's 9/23/70 also at Fillmore East (filmed for a PBS show that never aired), but 6 months before these concerts 3/12-13/71. Still highly recommended to find and watch all Duane video, even snippets like Atlanta Pop Festival 7/3/70 Stateboro Blues, Love Valley Fest 7/17/70 Whipping Post and Mountain Jam.
As soon as they start you just get overwhelmed with music. And it just keeps coming. And that Hammond B-3 of Gregg's would sound so huge you just get bowled over in the moment.
Pound for pound, ounce for ounce, the most technically proficient band at every instrument, especially live, that ever graced a stage, fronted by the greatest "white" blues singer ever. To that I would add that not before or since has rock seen a more formidable twin guitar attack, or maybe assault is a better desciptor, than when Duane "Skydog" Allman and Forest Richard "Dickie" Betts were onstage together live with the ABB. Those two together in the same band as dual lead guitarists really wasn't fair to other bands of the day.
Next progress through all the Capricorn Recording label artists...The Marshall Tucker Band, Wet Willie, etc. Definitely you should check out 'Eat a Peach' and the Duane Allman Anthologies. Read through all the liner notes to try and get the full story. 'Layla, and Other Assorted Love Songs', do those first then cross over to more recording labels like those working with Lynyrd Skynyrd. After you've covered up to within the last 15 years, do NOT leave out Blackberry Smoke. I see you've started some, but do them in a time order, for a more complete understanding.
There's also 9/16/71 Warehouse in New Orleans in best sound quality other than Stonybrook, 8/15/71 Academy of Music terrible audio quality if you can find it, and 9/11/71 Littlejohn Coliseum with not great quality, but it's Blue Sky with Duane. Each one different, each one with longer solos, and approached in a different way. Makes you wish they had played it much more often those last few months.
Back to check out your reaction again. I appreciate your appreciation of my favorite band. You should do all of "Eat a Peach" too, either here or on your own. I believe you are ready for "Mountain Jam" based on Donovan's "First There is a Mountain."
Finally someone with the taste to do Live at Fillmore East, congratulations!
I've been listening to this album for over 40 years. Never heard a better live album, and i've heard plenty!!
Tucker WHERE WE ALL BELONG, J Geils FULL HOUSE, ZZ Top Fandango, Skynyrd ONE MORE FROM THE ROAD.
On the 8 th day god wanted to hear music so he created the allman brothers band - there is nothing on this earth better than live at the filmore east
Love seeing someone from another country discover our music for the 1st time. Even though this is almost 50 years old.
Nothing beats our Southern rock.
Keep on keeping on.
been there from the start and it never gets old like me.
Heck, I love seeing someone from another generation discover our music!
Sitting here smoking some weed and watching this fellow get turned on to the Brothers. Just like back in the dorm room 50 years ago...
OH! I remember now!! YOU were the guy who rolled those GREAT joints! Props, bro!!
The smokingest band ever! And man were they killer live!
Wow. And we're supposed to be impressed that you still haven't learned anything?
OMG! You did the whole album! I was a teenager when I bought this amazing live experience of music. Commented before I listened. Because I know what’s coming. Thanks!
So was I!
Your reaction to this now is what mine was many, many years ago. The greatest album of all time IMHO. To me In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed seals the deal. I read a review of Elizabeth Reed once where the reviewer's comment was "Not one wasted note." He nailed it.
As to where to go next album wise I would love to see your reaction to Layla (And Other Assorted Love Songs) by Derek and the Dominos. Not a southern rock album but Duane's guest playing on the album compliments Eric Clapton's wonderfully. If you do not know the history of the Layla album research it. Quite interesting.
Elizabeth Reed Napier was a southern belle who resided in Macon, Georgia. She married Briggs Hopson Napier who was a captain in the Conferderate Army. They had 12 children. She was born November 9th 1845 and died May 3rd 1935. What is the connection? There isn't any. Dickie Betts who wrote the song at Rose Hill Cemetary often hung out there for some peace and solitude. He came upon her grave and decided to name his song after her.
Greatest. Live. Album. Ever.
While the two guitarists and vocalist get most of the love, IMHO the ABB sound is centered in the rhythm section. Rock steady yet nimble, the throb and rumble propel the band and give the soloists plenty of support to do their thing.
To be there, to hear some of those songs in all their glory would give you an even greater understanding of its greatness. I was there with some friends. They did four shows on the last weekend of March, 1971. We had heard a few of the more popular of the lineup's songs-Statesboro Blues, Stormy Monday, Whipping Post. But almost nobody that I knew had ever heard the Allman Brothers live. So to hear these songs live was an experience none of us could have predicted. It was beyond powerful. A lot of it had to do with the combination of Gregg's writing and vocals plus the extraordinary individual and combined musicianship of the band members. Add to that the power and rhythm of songs like Statesboro Blues, You Dont Love Me, Whipping Post, and especially the song nobody knew at all but just knocked our socks off--I Musta Did Somebody Wrong-we left the Fillmore East exhausted but soooo satisfied. I'm 76 and been to a few hundred concerts, but none I enjoyed or appreciated more. AND, I got to hear Duane Allman live. He died about 6 months later. Two drummers, two lead guitarists. I don't think we'll see that again. Now that I've said that, it's probably already been done. A great memory.
@@scofield12487 that's fantastic man cheers
YOU ARE PRICELESS SIR..LOVE YOUR REACTIONS...I'M 62 AND HAVE LISTENED TO THIS ALBUM 100'S OF TIMES SINCE I FIRST BOUGHT IT IN 1971 AND I STILL GROOVE ON IT ..NEVER GETS OLD,,BRAVO MATE..
I've been listening to this album since 1971 (in the jungle) and I STILL something new almost ever time I listen! It is the GOAT live album bar none.
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I was an innocent youngster of 17, until 1971! Then the Allman Brothers came along! Sorry you heard it in the jungles my friend. Hope they brought you some great distractions! And, thank you.
I was baptized into manhood by this album, when it first came out...I used to wonder if future generations would come to appreciate just how rare this album really is...I'm 63 now, and I have my answer, all these years later..Thank you, my friend..I mentally noted from past reactions, that you were a person blessed with the "Golden Ear"...Meaning you have a deep understanding of what good music is....A snippet of info taken from wiki: //At Fillmore East was recorded over two nights - March 12 and 13, 1971 - for which the BAND was paid $1,250 each show. The shows were typical performances for the band, and regarded as slightly above average by drummer Jai Johanny Johanson. Ads for the shows read: "Bill Graham Presents in New York - Johnny Winter And, Elvin Bishop Group, Extra Added Attraction: Allman Brothers." While Winter was billed as headliner, by the third night the Allman Brothers were closing the show//...That should explain the modest applause with the simple intro. They were virtual unknowns at the time......Thanks for the post!
"Live at Fillmore East", in my humble opinion, has never been equaled, either as a live album, or as THE Southern Rock album. There are other good live albums, of course ... Peter Frampton and Deep Purple come immediately to mind, but as good as they were, this is simply the best.
My top three all-time live albums are Fillmore East (Allman Bros), Yessongs (Yes) & Seconds Out (Genesis). Sometimes the order changes depending on my mood, but if you had to pin me down to just one favorite, I'd have to go with. Would be a masterpiece if it was released today.
Hey! I agree! And i agree the only other live performances though not the complex southern jazz/blues/rock of the allman bros were frampton and deep purple! But i also include "one from theroad" Its like you reached into my mind! 👍
Rolling Stone once called this the greatest live album ever recorded. It was one time I couldn't disagree with them.
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys
I always liked The Who's "Live at Leeds". Agree, though, Fillmore East is unsurpassed!
I'm 65 and from New Orleans, La. Back in the day we had a venue called the "Warehouse" where all the greats played from Pink Floyd to The Police, but the Allman Bros played there so often they were considered the house band. Those were the good old days when you were up close and in proximity to all who performed unlike the security laden venues today. Here is a 14 minute clip/link if you have any interest in learning of that venue: ruclips.net/video/1z3XBNKRajg/видео.html . Hope you check it out for yourself.
Recordings I've heard of the ABB at the Warehouse are better than the Fillmore.
"Where do we go from here?" If you're stickin' with the Allmans then "Eat a Peach" but if you're lookin' for epic live southern rock albums then "One More From The Road" by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Eat a peach
Just to kind of answer your question as to if all of the music was played as written.
Back then, a lot of groups would stretch their wings, so to speak, and just “jam” especially in concert. From guitar solos to the requisite15 minute drum solo. (Yes, really).
That was their chance to not be restricted by the time constraints of recording an album and show how accomplished they were. Video wasn’t as prevalent as it is now. People would question and say “is that for real, is that them playing all of that?”
ABB were the ultimate jam band and it was glorious. Never a question about them. Duane was a genius. Dickey Betts is still a genius.
Just my opinion and experience.
The band was post. 45's in the new era of 331/3 albums or double albums.this gave bands who could jam from rock to blues into a jazz style with the electric guitar rather than horns being at the front (fronting the band) with the base and percussion influence.this a new approach to american jazz.hey who opens up a set with two instrumentals? THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND.
So at the end of Whipping Post, they were sliding into a bit call Mountain Jam. This is on the Eat A Peach album, check it out.
I just can't tell you how much I love you right now! 👏👏👏
Lol.
Yeah, kinda like the old days, collectively sitting around with a bunch of friends, leisurely drinking an adult beverage, puff puff passing, and listening to ABB! ✌🏻❤🎶😷
My dad was at these shows. He saw a lot of stuff at the Fillmore East, saw Cream on the Wheels of Fire tour (they recorded the album at Filmore West that same tour.) Saw CCR, Jefferson Airplane and just a bunch of rock and blues acts. He has some very interesting stories about the Airplane/Hot Tuna show.
This is just a great album, glad you enjoyed it!
Been waiting for someone to do this for a while. So glad that you did. Thanks!
By the way, that's honorary brother Thom Doucette on the harmonica.
They are a true jam band where the song is the same but they will improvise solos
Hearing this album over and over again for 50 years, the Duane solo that really buckles my knees is his last solo in You Dont Love Me at 38:16 thru his Joy to the World lick and then into the ending of the song. Still my all time favorite Duane.
I just saved this in my favorites. thank you so much for doing this. I never heard the whole album either.. wow did I miss out.
Bringing back great memories! Thanks!
One of my favourite live albums EVER!! You seem to like blues and rock so I'll give you a tip,"Get yer ya-ya's out" A great live album by Rolling Stones, when they were at their peak,imho. btw love your reactions to all this classic rock,it warms an old farts heart.
Greatest live album ever! Masterpiece!
I get such a joyful KICK out of watching you experience this music. I’ve never seen someone hear it for the first time. Every note, every word is etched in my memory and heart since I was 12(?) I LOVE that you appreciate it and KNOW it is superior. I always exposed my daughter (28,) to good music, because it is important to have music knowledge, but also because I feel so badly for the assembled CRAP that she was served by the industry. Real music must be PLAYED and not synthetically ASSEMBLED. This has been brilliant. Just watching your good ole’ head bobble is a treat!!! 👍🏼❤️
Came across your took me back to that same concert and this was awesome and that was an awesome concert you made a 67 year old hippie feel like she was back in the day God bless you I needed that
I am so happy for you! Growing up in Michigan, back as a youth, San Francisco was of course the mecca...I was but a young teenager. Finally got there at at 55 with my best friend from those days. We cut our rock and roll teeth on these guys, Motown, Bob Seger, Grand Funk Railroad..nether of us drank or partook of herb any more, so I memorialized the occasion with a ☯️ tattoo in Haight Ashbury...Looking back, it probably was a good thing I never made it there earlier! Anyway, she was picking up a Dolphin Motor home in Chico. We flew from Michigan, to SF, stayed with friends who took us for breakfast in the Castro, toured the Coit Tower, and dinner in Sausalito. Watched the Tai Chi exercises in the park across from the Painted Ladies..We then took the Amtrak from Oakland to Chico, had the motor home checked out good and minor repairs done it and headed out on our cruise home! Into the No Bra Zone...gambled a bit (I won 600 the first night!), my friend went bust on her allowance for the night, so she vowed not to stop in Reno...20 miles east of there, a tire blew and we had a great ride into Reno in a tow truck with a very cute young man. We're secretly giving each other the eye over him, kiddingly. He came and picked us up and took us to the shop after repairs were done a day later from the casino we stayed at...she ordered room service for dinner, still pissed at herself for losing...but good natured about it nonetheless.We joked that he might have flirted with her to steal my $$, (Thelma & Louise bit there) Anyway, we outfitted the motor home at a mall in Reno, bedding, dishes, a fan for the front, etc, and set off home on a full moon journey home under desert skies until we found the next campground...or hotel! My father died 4 days after i got home. Yin yang world, but this music still gives me comfort! Hope your life's full of great memories and stories of joy!
Good stuff. Duane on that slide was a magician back then.
Not just the slide, Eric. He was a master of standard guitar. On Fillmore East alone he only plays slide on Statesboro Blues and Done Somebody Wrong. Stormy Monday, You Don't Love Me, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed, Hot 'Lanta, and Whipping Post, the only other songs are all standard. Expanded editions have put Trouble No More, Don't Keep Me Wonderin', One Way Out (from 6/27/71 at Fillmore East, not the March shows), and Mountain Jam and Drunken Hearted Boy out there, and those have Duane playing slide. But most of the time he wasn't playing slide, he was playing blistering leads as amazing as any ever played. I agree his slide work was magical, I just think he gets pigeonholed as a brilliant slide player, to the detriment of his standard playing that was every bit the equal or better of Hendrix, Clapton, Beck, Page, McLaughlin, Garcia, Zappa, or Betts. Let's not forget the fact that he was the first session guitarist who was signed as an artist without a band after inviting himself to play on a song Wilson Pickett didn't intend to record. A magician then, a magician now, a magician for all times, his music seems all the more brilliant the more the Steve Morses, Jimmy Herrings, and Derek Trucks' of the world illuminate it by expanding upon the magnificent foundation he built in those three years from Hey Jude in November 1968 to his untimely death at 24 in October 1971.
@@alvarhanso6310 You're right, he was just as good without that Coricidin bottle as with it lol.
He played(Duane Allman) on Boz SKaggs album .with the house band at musle SHOALS.LOAN ME A DIME.GUITAR
My Brother, I enjoyed watching your Reaction to the music that I grew up with. Remember this is LIVE, no overdubs, just raw pure music! It touches you. The time this album (ok boomer) came out, I bought three albums. This one; Steve Miller, Rock Love, and ZZ top Tres' Hombres. Check them out. Steve Miller Rock love is a one of a kind album. One side is Studio, the other Live. Subbed Ya, Peace
Finally someone reacts to the full album!!
If you listen to the Eat a Peach album, the live stuff is from the same show. The end of Whipping Post was the beginning of Mountain Jam
Yep! 👍
Don't forget Derek & The Dominos - Layla. Eric Clapton & Duane Allman, burning like a shooting star thru the air ! The two greatest living guitarists together for the one and only time. It's really breath-taking in it's majesty.
Duane and Eric along with Greg also played together with Delaney & Bonnie with some Dave Mason added too! Derek and the Dominoes was a 'mutant offspring' of Delaney & Bonnie. Not sure because they, Delaney & Bonnie had so many 'Friends" there may have been sessions or gigs with Eric, Duane, and George Harrison or even Jimmi. Hendrix. There were always different mixes. One night you had George Harrison with Leon Russell and Derek and the Dominos among other "Friends" playing Madison Square Garden, Concert for Bengildish and Delaney & Bonnie with Duane & Greg with King Curtis playing A&R Radio live.
@@martyjansing2675 Leon Russel had one amazing voice! I so remember Delaney, Bonnie and Friends! I was probably only about 14, but my best friend Jenny and I were listening to this back in the day, on the heels of growing up in Michigan, home of Motown, Bob Seeger, Grand Funk Railroad, in that order for me..Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen was killer. All those guys shaped my youth! Thanks for some great memories! ✌🏻❤🎶
I especially like their trading licks on Key To The Highway. You can hear Eric hootin' now and then during Duane's licks.
There is another song done at this concert that was cut and put on the " Eat A Peavh " album. The track named " Mountajn Jam " and the start of the track begins at the fade out after " In Memory of Elizabeth Reed " pn the Live at the Fillmore East album. Don't forget to ;look up the album " Duane Allman An Anthology " for an expansion of his versatility; he even sings on one of the tracks.
Ah, a Hammond Organ, and a Leslie speaker, Sweet to the ears, ear candy. JS
welcome to what I consider and many do also the greatest live album ever to this day.
from the production of the legendary Tom Dowd to just the rawness of it almost feels like you were there in New York City that night wasted and rocking. which is why so many people a lot older than us over the last 50 years still continue to listen to this album on a regular basis it's just one of those weather in the car you're at home here in a BBQ it is just amazing..
you're in Australia I believe? hope you're doing all right with the fires that shit is scary when I seen right now I just don't know which part of Australia it is..prayers up for the country though because those fires are about as scary as the California wildfires a few years ago
They pick you up and take you for a ride, don't they.
Imagine it's circa 1969 and your 14 already a seasoned concert rat in Sarasota and these guys show up out of nowhere changing your musical taste forever. I got all my female lessons in life from the Allman Brothers.
Totally different but one of my two favorite live albums. The other is "Waiting for Columbus," Little Feat.
... I will be presumptuous & also note a live fave of mine... '4 WAY STREET'... Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young...
Pat Murray......you're dead on for my money! Feat's "Waiting for Columbus" is a BEAST of an album too! If that shit don't make you move, you're broke! I'll throw The Grateful Dead's "Europe 72" up there, then I'll quit listing live albums (which is a lost art, seemingly, these days!)
I saw LF in DC in the 90s, so post Lloyd George, I was SHOCKED by all the Dead fans there. Not being one myself.
@@murraypft We're everywhere! (DeadHeads, that is) I got two doses of Lowell Feat and 3 post Lowell. Such a great band! What a string of great albums from them.....Little Feat, Sailing Shoes, Dixie Chicken, Time Loves a Hero, Down on the Farm, etc. Love me some Feat! But this ABB music is still at the root of my musical heart!
@@tommathews3964 I remember seeing an article in, I think, the 80s on how not to get pulled over by the cops. In the top 5 was NOT having a Dead sticker on your bumper. 😂🤣
The Allman Brothers set the bar so high that the other so - called southern rock bands can not reach their level of genius.Lynerd Skynerd, really? Gregg, Duane, Dicky, Butch, Jai-mo,and Berry. I Think about them every time I drive through Macon.The Allman Brothers will live in our hearts forever.
You may as well finish it and do "Eat A Peach" it's a mix of the Filmore concerts and studio tracks.
Seen them twice. The first time I saw them was in the University of Vermont gymnasium ('94), 2000 people (packed). We were 4 friends including my future wife of 22yrs.
Dickie Betts was playing with them and part of the show was solely acoustic, 3 guitarists sitting on chairs and singing Sweet Melissa. We started the concert at the very last row, our backs were literally up against the wall , Ha! My wife and I made it to the 6th row for the last few songs. The music coming out of the giant speakers to the right were so loud you literally couldn't think.
Been to many concerts , this is still my all time favorite.
Many thanks to one of the top 3 greatest groups of all time!
RIP Greg and Duane!
Never new who was playing harmonica...anybody help?
This is really cool. FYI, Duane's guitar comes out the left speaker and Dickey is on the right.
Berry Oakley was a great bass player...he pushes these songs
That's music History right there. When Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker ended the Band "Cream," Clapton considered "God" as far as Rock guitarists were concerned(along with a guy named Jimi Hendrix) had heard of this "little Blues Band" from the southern US, and a young excellent slide guitarist named Duane Allman (21yrs old) Clapton asked if he could come over to their place and jam with them (Allman Bros.) Clapton stayed about a week, and was Blown away, especially by Duane's guitar playing, although he loved the whole Band as well as Greg's soulful vocals. Later when Clapton formed his new Band "Derrick and The Dominoes", he asked Duane to join them in the recording of the classic song Layla. The rest is history. Tragically, it wasn't too long after that Duane was killed in a motorcycle accident, getting hit by a peach truck on his Harley Davidson. The name of the next album was "Eat a Peach," in tribute to Duane. That's the short version, but you can find a full documentary of the Allman Bros. Band somewhere on the internet. Such great musicians, and good down to earth folks. LIke with Lynard Skynard's plane crash, tragedy seems to follow these southern rock Bands. At least it seems that way.
Saw your reaction to Dickey Betts (Jessica). It was priceless. I've been watching you for a little while and your reaction is why I follow you. Genuine. Your face shows your true emotions. Your eye movement show you are truly engaged. And when you cup your hands over your headphones to press them closer to your ears so you can hear every note and nuance...epic.
No matter what, no matter where - The Allman Brothers are my go to music. Talent everywhere. Greg, Duane and Dickie are fantastic but do't forget Barry, Jaimoe and Butch! They were the pulse underneath, coursing through all of those tracks. Mountain Jam REALLY showcases the talent across the spectrum of this band. 30+ minutes of just beautiful synergy...true magic and all held together and merged by that fantastic trio of rhythm specialists.
Never ever get tired of listening. Just indescribably delicious.
Been listening since the first album.
Just had to add, Pat you’re gonna be speechless when commenting on this one
Each member, perfection in their contributions. Greg’s voice is just intoxicating.
All I can add is that it makes me so sad they’re gone
Just have to listen again and watch folks like you discover their musical brilliance.
Their music just scratches that itch.
Just perfect…
Welcome brother, now you can testify.
Now where do you go? Eat A Peach
Thank you for doing this!👏👏
I still remember in Sarasota when I saw them in 1969, Barry sang his song, "the Hoochie Coochie Man". I'm watching this skinny guy that looked like Jesus with that big bass guitar step up to the mic. Wow. What a song that was.
I suppose it's hard to analyze that which is self apparent without being redundant. Thanks for interrupting as little as possible! :-) 'First time for me hearing this particular concert. Awesome!
Oh, you're in now, bro! You will never be the same again, in a good way! If I can take only one album to heaven with me, this is it! I've just watched you finish "Statesboro Blues" and see you tearing into "Done Somebody Wrong" and I'm thinking......"he ain't gonna make it!" No smoke and mirrors, fancy light shows, fireworks, demons or wizards, just hot damn straight ass playing!! That's how they were for the whole ride! The last lineup, which retired in 14, is the best since the original for my money, guitarists Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks bring a lot of fire and Oteil Burbridge on bass is a beast! Lots of quite good live You Tube footage of them playing a lot of the old standards, plus later material. Their last studio album was quite good too, I thought, "Hittin' the Note"
I’m 47 years old and I’ve seen and witnessed music go in so many different directions. Live at the Fillmore is absolutely timeless and will always will be
I've got cha by ten years and couldn't agree more.
Well, from a 66 year old great grandmother, "Bless you my child!" Your parents turn you on to them? Or maybe grandma? Lol...regardless, great taste!
It is a very jazz approach. You start with a basic song structure, but then everybody improvises, listens to what's happening and responds in the moment. It can go anywhere. This is probably the exact opposite of current music. You can't do this with a computer. You can't use prerecorded backing tracks. The whole band is a living organism, moving where it's going to move based on the combined input of each player. That kind of jamming is the ultimate high as a musician. Keeping it interesting for the audience is the hard part. They were very good at it. Constantly coming up with new hooks in melody, groove and dynamics.
Just got off work, Kickin back with my feet up and a cup a coffee in my hand, really enjoying this! My heads a bobbin too, lol.
The band never played songs the same way twice. The songs had a certain structure to them and because they played so much together they would have specific cues they would interject so the rest of the band could go the same way as the soloist. Some cues were so subtle that some listeners wouldn't pick up on the change about to come. Great musicians are able to do this on a nightly basis. Their solos were never the same. Improvised every time.
Amazing album.
I also bought this album when I was a teenager. (Still have it).
Brilliant band! Brilliant time for music in general. Great to see you enjoying it.
Great album. What kills me is that guitar poser Pat Travers mocked "Statesboro Blues," calling it "smacked out." Clown claimed that his band played this song much better than the Allmans did! What a jerk.
Love that you have found the Allman Bros and real southern rock.Now get ya some Lynyrd Skynyrd (first time try Free Bird live) and if you want current go see /here now try Blackberry Smoke.
Hi, thanks for watching. Blackberry Smoke are fantastic. Check out the playlist on the channel.
You're right Greg Allman has a great voice. His pitch is beyond perfect, surgical.
The ABB was a jam band. The studio albums were only samplers of what to expect seeing them live. Imagine standing about five feet from the stage and less than fifteen feet from Gregg, Duane, and Dickie. Then imagine them coming back onstage after their set with Peter Green and jamming till almost dawn. That was my one and only experience seeing them live. Still to this day, that was the most memorable concert of my life.
All solo’s are improvised with hooks going into and out of solo’s
Gregg Allman, amazing blues voice.
He had that voice at the age of 21. I heard it ( I was 24. I'm 76 now ) Live at the Fillmore East, March 13, 1971 at the evening show. I heard it on Statesboro Blues, Stormy Monday and especially Whipping Post. I read a comment once I totally agreed with: "Gregg Allman has a 65 year old voice in a 24 year old body."
Great songs on this album, and everybody gets worked up over Whipping Post, but my favorite here is You Don't Love Me. I think this is one of the hardest driving songs yet conceived. At almost twenty minutes it is nearly twice as long as Whipping Post, but the guitars are impeccable. The pace slows just enough at the top of the hills to let you catch your breath then barrells back down them as Duane and Dickie's guitar train becomes an unstoppable force. Also notable is Thom Doucette's harmonica solo. My choice masterpiece on this album. PS: Duane shreds this one! Butch and Jaimoe keep the wheels rolling with some bad ass drumming while Barry's bass is the shadow outside the window all along the way. Hot 'Lanta is the most impressive piece of jazz improv I have heard on a rock album. This whole album is insanely good, hard rocking, and unparalleled during rock's golden age.
Imagine what it was like growing up listening to the Bros. I was lucky enough to do so. Big thanks to my older brothers and sister.
another great live album to listen to is Little Feat Waiting for Columbus !!!!!!
Thank you for making my day!
Told you ....... best live album of all time 🤘
the opening slide riffs of Statesboro Blues makes me want to jump up out my seat, pour me a drink, and get movin'. great stuff.
YES! DRIVING THAT BEAT!!!! Duane guitar God! Southern Rock at the highest level! LORD HAVE MERCY! I have so many memories! Brought me back to life, don't know if I can stand it! Haven't heard this in so many years, the adrenaline going through my body has me wanting to holler( and other things!) I'm almost 63 & got a bad back soooo... I'm trying to settle down some! Might kill me or make me live to 100! 😆🎶🎶🎧🎵🎵💓💓💓💓🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🤯
I seen the Allman Brothers in concert many times. They never had a bad show!
Yeah, they are great all the time. Warren Haynes added a new dimension when he joined them too. they are just the best live band ever maybe
@@ronnybriley9774 Yup. I saw them thirty six times. About twenty five, or so with Warren leading the group. They never failed to set the room on fire. Same can be said for Warren in Govt Mule.
@@obbor4 unfortunately I never saw ABB but I've seen Mule 12 times in 4 states.. impressive numbers you have there!
@@ronnybriley9774 I wish could have seen them another 36 times. They were the best! My Mule total is only five times, in two states (California and Florida.) I also caught Warren once with The Dead. I consider myself blessed whenever I'm in the same house with Warren Haynes.
You should have seen them as a true jam band, playing in a little club in Jacksonville Florida, called the Comic Book club. LONG before this. Long before the big house in Macon. Truly in the beginning
Good morning Pat! They were unbelievable weren't they?
Yep, absolutely fantastic.
SEE!! WE TOLD YOU!! They have a line-up for the night but which songs are jammed on changes every night. How they play the song, the songs have a basic melody that they play, but then if either Dickie or Duane feels a jam coming on they just follow as best they can.Like this song Elizabeth Reed you can tell they set the song out for you. Then after they play it one time through, they take off. The jam can be 1-3 or4 minutes. Or they can take it out to the limits like they do with Whippin' Post. They are pretty equal when it comes to solo time. Any way they play it they are all consumate musicians. You will get used to picking out who is playing which guitar solo. Duane plays like the little kid who presses his face against glass as if he is trying to push it through the glass. Duane plays against some invisible barrier like he is constantly trying to push through it. He drives the section he plays in like he is trying to catch up to something, there is no rest it is relentless. Dickie is a little more laid back. He is no less a guitar player it is just styles.
If you happened to notice they went right into their next song which was Mountain Jam it is based on the Donovan song First There Is A Mountain Then There Is No Mountain Then There Is.
How they play from night to night changes. They did not like monotony any more than we do. Next, Eat A Peach it is another double album the first part is the finish of the concert from where album one ended. The rest of the album was put together after Duane died. Some of it was tracks he had laid down earlier. After that I didn't really listen to them until Derek Trucks joined the band and then Warren Haynes from Government Mule came on. I felt that the true spirit of the band came back after that. That band put out a live double album in 2004 or 05. They did a few live albums in between that are very listenable. But for me TAAB died with Duane, then surged back to life in 2004 and on. I didn't mean to write a book but since they are my favorite band of forever, I sometimes get expansive. Welcome to the club. Doesn't an hour and a half go by quickly listening to them? They were famous for long shows, sometimes to two and a half hours. Thank you for this I know you took a chance, but now you know!
Thanks!! Best live album ever!! Btw thom duccette on harmonica
They played with a certain structure, but were able to jam in a thousand different ways to the same song on different occasions. Great Bands can do that.
The best American band. Period.
As far as the improvising they never do the same show. Saw an interview with Gregg and he was talking about how some people think they are a jam band...he didn't like that. He did say that they didn't always know how long songs would go every night but they always had markers. Places in any solo or to signal the change coming up. They all had definitely mastered their craft. Only 2 of the original 6 are still alive.
They played by feel! They knew each other so well musically! One of the greatest bands to ever do it!
THE QUALITY OF PERFECTION LEAVES YOU SPEECHLESS!! SAW THEM THREE TIMES !!🎹🥁🎸🔥😍😁😢😢😢
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What some people don’t realize is that three songs were played for the encore that lasted over an hour. First wast You Don’t Love Me into Whipping Post and right into a 33 min Mountain Jam that ended up on EatAPeach
Southern USA to the core and I was privileged to see them 5 times. I’m 78 now and they were in the top of my list then and they still are on top. I have them in my CD in my car along with Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Doobie Bros and Carlos Santana. All that still fries my brain.
I feel Sooooo sorry for the 4 folks that have this thumbs down.
This album sets the bar very, very high when it comes to live musicians doing their thing. Glad you did this. You are no longer a novice! Greetings from snow covered Michigan, US.
had to watch again.. you looks so damn happy dude.. big old smile :)
Also, what to do next? The Tedeschi Trucks Band ....try “Anyhow”
Note: Derek Trucks is the nephew of Butch Trucks, one of the two drummers (Jaimoe is the drummer, as well...) of the Allmans. Derek started guest-playing with the Allmans when he was little. Susan Tedeschi is a guitarist in her own right, and has the kind of singing voice that the rest of us can only dream of having. I think of it as TTB is a second or third generation Allmans Band. 11 or more amazing, tight musicians. You won’t look back. ❤️
This one has been Desert Island Pick #1 for me for the last 45 years, or so. You may as well go ahead and do "Eat A Peach" next. Love to see your reaction to "Mountain Jam".
BTW, the harmonica solo on "Stormy Monday" wasn't on the original lp release and was added later for the "Fillmore Sessions" release. The tune was better off without it.
plus you got to remember one way out and Mountain Jam were from the Fillmore concert anyway..if you listen very closely you can hear the Mountain Jam beginning out of 22 minutes of whipping post so you throw that 35 minutes in that's an hour for 2 songs. they just didn't want to add another album because of the length so that's the reason why it's a to record set another three or four recordset like Chicago at Carnegie Hall would end up being..because you can also on CD pick up the deluxe edition they call it of the Fillmore concerts which has all the stuff that went on that didn't make the original album I'm glad to have that 2Cd set
DUDE!!... sitting in a well- lighted room AIN'T the way to go!! Darken the room, put up some 'black light' posters ( then turn on the black light of course ), a lava lamp on the shelf behind you, light some incense ( patchouli is my personal fave! ), your favorite tasty beverage, & of course, a big, fat blunt... we won't tell!!
redcaddiedaddie something to be said for this idea
Puff puff pass...or as we used to say, Don't Bogard That Joint My Friend!
@@emilyflotilla931 ... THAT'S what I'm talkin' 'bout!!
There is a video of this concert available. Once you've done this reaction , catch the live show. There is no way you can appreciate this concert without the visuals. Imagine only hearing Stevie Ray Vaughan without the visual impact. Do YOURSELF a favor , find it.Watch it.
That's 9/23/70 also at Fillmore East (filmed for a PBS show that never aired), but 6 months before these concerts 3/12-13/71. Still highly recommended to find and watch all Duane video, even snippets like Atlanta Pop Festival 7/3/70 Stateboro Blues, Love Valley Fest 7/17/70 Whipping Post and Mountain Jam.
Simply the best live album ever recorded. You should give Little Feat Waiting for Columbus a listen. They are the 2 best live albums ever!!!
As soon as they start you just get overwhelmed with music. And it just keeps coming. And that Hammond B-3 of Gregg's would sound so huge you just get bowled over in the moment.
Pound for pound, ounce for ounce, the most technically proficient band at every instrument, especially live, that ever graced a stage, fronted by the greatest "white" blues singer ever. To that I would add that not before or since has rock seen a more formidable twin guitar attack, or maybe assault is a better desciptor, than when Duane "Skydog" Allman and Forest Richard "Dickie" Betts were onstage together live with the ABB. Those two together in the same band as dual lead guitarists really wasn't fair to other bands of the day.
Next try Wet Willie album Drippin’ Wet or anything from the first two Marshall Tucker Band records
Next progress through all the Capricorn Recording label artists...The Marshall Tucker Band, Wet Willie, etc. Definitely you should check out 'Eat a Peach' and the Duane Allman Anthologies. Read through all the liner notes to try and get the full story. 'Layla, and Other Assorted Love Songs', do those first then cross over to more recording labels like those working with Lynyrd Skynyrd. After you've covered up to within the last 15 years, do NOT leave out Blackberry Smoke. I see you've started some, but do them in a time order, for a more complete understanding.
And down the rabbit hole you go..enjoy!
Greg had an amazing voice, and he could play some sweet-ass organ!
If you’re looking for more try Blue Sky on the SUNY AT STONEYBROOK. Only version with Duane Allman.
There's also 9/16/71 Warehouse in New Orleans in best sound quality other than Stonybrook, 8/15/71 Academy of Music terrible audio quality if you can find it, and 9/11/71 Littlejohn Coliseum with not great quality, but it's Blue Sky with Duane. Each one different, each one with longer solos, and approached in a different way. Makes you wish they had played it much more often those last few months.
You are correct, however the STONEYBROOK version was released as a CD and sound wise is much better than the other ones
Back to check out your reaction again. I appreciate your appreciation of my favorite band. You should do all of "Eat a Peach" too, either here or on your own. I believe you are ready for "Mountain Jam" based on Donovan's "First There is a Mountain."
The greatest live album, from the greatest American band, at least greatest to me my favorite.
You will surely enjoy this!
"Midnight Rider" with Vince Gill, Gregg Allman and Zac Brown
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